Lars Nils-Johan Idermark (born 1957 in Högsby

Högsby

Högsby is a locality and the seat of Högsby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,965 inhabitants in 2005.Other "big" places in the Högsby Municipality are: Långemåla, Fågelfors, Berga and Fagerhult. None of these have more than 500 inhabitants...

, Sweden

Sweden

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) is president

President

A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

 and CEO of Posten Norden. Idermark has a Master of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 (MBA) from Uppsala University

Uppsala University

Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...

, is chairman of the Swedish bank Swedbank

Swedbank

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, and was previously president and CEO of Kooperativa Förbundet, owner of the Swedish retailer Coop Dagligvaruhandel. Idermark also works as chairman of the Coop-owned MedMera Bank, and prior to being president at Kooperative Förbundet, he was CEO of the Swedish pension fund

Pension fund

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  Andra AP-Fonden.

Idermark lives in Gothenburg with wife and two teenage children. His spare time is spent on the family ancestral farm north of Kalmar

Kalmar

Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...

, where Lars Idermark grew up as fifth generation of the family, and where his mother still resides. One of Idermark's passions is hunting.